Favorite Book List

OK, so here's some stuff to read if you're me:

1. "Soldier of the Great War" Mark Helprin Read it twice, and both times made me wonder who this Helprin guy is. Amazing. It's a slightly whimsical story about an Italiat estheticist, his entry into, and exit from "The Great War, " or, for us young'uns, World War I.

2. "Waiting for White Horses" Nathan Jourgensen. It's about a dentist, true, but it's also about shootin, huntin, fishin, drinking, farting,...and talking to the president. It's a first book by a new author, but hey; it strikes a chord.

3. "Lord of the Rings" J.R.R. Tolkien. Seen the movies? Find out how it ends and read the books.

4. "Stories of the Old Duck Hunters: & Other Drivel" Gordon Macquarrie. A collection of his writings. These times are never to be seen again. Luckily for us, we can read about them.

5. "Gunsite Gossip, Vol. I and II" Colonel Jeff Cooper. OK, so this is not a politically correct selection. Don't read if you are thin-skinned or politically oriented. Ted Nugent probably likes these books.

6. "Thief of Always" Clive Barker. Not the usual stab and gore stuff from him. You can read the book entire in about an afternoon. It's one of those parable, Phantom Tollbooth type of stories.

7. "The Phantom Tollbooth" Norton Juster. Read this first around my tenth birthday. It was a gift...thanks Pam.

8. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" Barbara Robinson. Reminded me of the little old grade school I went to in Oakdale, NE.

9. "The Stand" Stephen King. M-O-O-N, that spells book.

10. "Where the Red Fern Grows" Wilson Rawls. Yeah, I cried. If you've ever had a dog, you have to read this book.